英语

词源

源自中古英語 (不安定的,骚动的),等价于 + + (对比中古英語 (符合教规的)),但也是早期形式中古英語 (unquiet, restless)的变换形式,等价于 + 。后者源自古諾爾斯語 或受其影响,与丹麥語 (骚动的)瑞典語 (骚动的)冰島語 (激动的)有关。亦对比中古英語 (焦虑)。详见

发音

  • 國際音標(幫助)/ʌnˈɹuːli/
  • (英国)音频(檔案)
  • 韻部:-uːli

形容词

(比較級,最高級)

  1. 失控的,暴乱的,无法无天
    The police gathered to contain the unruly mob.
    警察集合起来控制了失控的人群。
    • 1985, Morrissey & Johnny Marr (作曲作詞), “Barbarism Begins at Home”, 出自 Meat Is Murder, 演出者 The Smiths:
      Unruly boys who will not grow up / Must be taken in hand / Unruly girls who will not settle down / They must be taken in hand
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
    • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
      Richard DeLongpre: Are you okay, my boy angel?
      Allen Gregory DeLongpre: I have a broken heart. And undergarments filled with my own unruly waste.
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